diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1827099..fe53441 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 hwi>=2.1.1,<3
 protobuf==3.20.1
+requests>=2.27.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/interface.rs b/src/interface.rs
index 180e5e1..10ea4b8 100644
--- a/src/interface.rs
+++ b/src/interface.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::process::Command;
 
 use bitcoin::consensus::encode::serialize;
 use bitcoin::util::bip32::DerivationPath;
@@ -362,4 +363,37 @@ impl HWIClient {
             status.into()
         })
     }
+
+    /// Get the installed version of hwilib. Returns None if hwi is not installed.
+    pub fn get_version() -> Option<String> {
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            Some(
+                PyModule::import(py, "hwilib")
+                    .ok()?
+                    .getattr("__version__")
+                    .expect("Should have a __version__")
+                    .to_string(),
+            )
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Install hwi for the current user via pip. If no version is specified, the default version from pip will be installed.
+    pub fn install_hwilib(version: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let hwi_with_version = match version {
+            Some(ver) => "hwi==".to_owned() + ver,
+            None => "hwi".to_owned(),
+        };
+        let output = Command::new("pip")
+            .args(vec!["install", "--user", hwi_with_version.as_str()])
+            .output()?;
+        if output.status.success() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::HWIError(
+                std::str::from_utf8(&output.stderr)
+                    .expect("Non UTF-8 error while installing")
+                    .to_string(),
+            ))
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 45fe89d..b4245f4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ mod tests {
             break;
         }
     }
+    #[test]
+    #[serial]
+    fn test_get_version() {
+        HWIClient::get_version().unwrap();
+    }
 
     #[test]
     #[serial]
@@ -322,4 +327,10 @@ mod tests {
             client.wipe_device().unwrap();
         }
     }
+    #[test]
+    #[serial]
+    #[ignore]
+    fn test_install_hwi() {
+        HWIClient::install_hwilib(Some("2.1.1")).unwrap();
+    }
 }